COMMENTARY: Don’t write off corals just yet, say Melissa Wright of Bloomberg Philanthropies and WCS’s @emilysdarling.bsky.social. While many reefs are struggling, others still have the capacity to survive and adapt, our science shows. 🌎 oceanographicmagazine.com/features/viv...

Despite over a decade of international protections, a widespread illegal trade in CITES-listed sharks remains, a new WCS co-authored study reveals. Upcoming #CITESCoP20 is an opportunity to address. 🌎 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...

Air Canada says it "is the first airline in North America to obtain IATA’s Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) certification", making 11 key commitments to help disrupt the trafficking of wildlife. Read more here. www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/ho...

📣 🌊 New funding opportunity! Carbon to Sea and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation invite proposals to study how ocean alkalinity enhancement (#OAE) affects key marine species. Two 24-month projects will be funded. Apply by 16 January 2026. #mCDR ➡️ www.carbontosea.org/rfp-effect-o...

Want to know the shark and ray fisheries regulations in Europe, see handy link from the @sharktrust #Elasmo25 www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...

ICYMI news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

🚀 New on the Global Fishing Watch map: generate vessel activity reports in seconds. Filter by vessel type, gear, flag State and region to track trends, access vessel lists and share insights for research and monitoring. 🔗 Explore: https://bit.ly/global-vessel-activity-report

Fascinating! 😍 Still so much to discover and learn!

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has just been updated and now includes assessments of 1,266 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras.

Assessment of trawling impacts on 10 Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem indicator taxa (e.g. cold-water corals) across New Zealand waters show that 30 years of trawling reduced VME area by 20.8 %, with losses up to 40.7 % in some bioregions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

‼️REMINDER: 2027 Indianapolis Prize Award Entries 🏆 2027 Indy Prize Nominations 🌟 2027 Emerging Conservationists 📅Both close: Feb. 27, 20267 🔗Nominate or apply: bit.ly/46Sajxr

#ICYMI: 🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Lego 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art

🌊 “Lament of the ocean – Ratapan Launtan”, reveal! This work portrays the ocean as a wounded soul - beautiful, yet burdened by pollution, overfishing, and industrial-scale bottom trawling.” – Pangrok Sulap. 🔗 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/full-reveal-lament-of-the-ocean-ratapan-lautan #IconicFishes

In a Letter to the Editor to Nature... four marine leaders call for an end to bottom trawling in MPAs tinyurl.com/3pnx952x

researchonline.jcu.edu.au/86161/ With many congratulations to the IUCN SSC Sirenia Specialist Group co-Chair Professor Helene Marsh and all of the amazing team working on this 🌊

So sad that a marine cone snail (Conus lugubris) has just been declared Extinct on the #IUCNRedList. Being predatory and venomous was not enough to save it. Degradation of its Cabo Verde habitats was the main problem. www.iucnredlist.org/search?query...

Definitive ‘A global assessment of #dugong status and conservation needs’, just released by The Convention of Migratory Species/UNEP/Dugong MOU. You can watch the excellent 7 minute synopsis here: youtube.com/watch?v=9qhsW0-dYfU&feature=youtu.be @sscmarine.bsky.social

Guidebook for assessing and improving social equity in marine conservation portals.iucn.org/library/node... 🦑🧪🌍

Here's a great World Conservation Congress hybrid event on Friday at 3 am in New York and midnight in Vancouver. We will cover fungi, plants, fish and more in a bid to really indicate the huge scale of the trade... and its impacts. Co-hosted by @sscmarine.bsky.social

Happening at #IUCNCongress 🗓️ October 9, 2025 ⏰ 5 PM - 9PM 📍 The Americas - Room 1 , Onsite

Exciting news — our coordinator Coralie Palmer will be speaking at tomorrow’s #IUCNCongress event! 🌍 She’ll join discussions on innovative ways to connect #aquascapes and landscapes within global conservation efforts. Learn more at: iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...

Stunning!😍🐙

Happy World Cephalopod Day! 🐙This sucker for adventure feels its way through the world! With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.

Rethinking illegal trade — beyond iconic species to fungi, plants, invertebrates & fish. Join us at an interactive World Café at the #IUCNCOngress uniting ecology, law & society for inclusive, actionable solutions. Learn more here: iucncongress2025.org/programme/di...

Exciting news — our coordinator Coralie Palmer will be speaking at tomorrow’s #IUCNCongress event! 🌍 She’ll join discussions on innovative ways to connect #aquascapes and landscapes within global conservation efforts. Learn more at: iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...

@protectspecies.bsky.social @iucnshark.bsky.social @iucnseahorse.bsky.social @sscmarine.bsky.social

We join the world in mourning the passing of Jane Goodall — visionary ethologist, devoted IUCN member, and tireless advocate for nature. We honour and celebrate her extraordinary life and legacy. #RememberingJane iucn.org/iucn-stateme...

Join us LIVE, Sep 24th at 9am (EST) with @reversethered.bsky.social as we explore how non-selective fishing practices represent a critical threat to marine #biodiversity. Register to attend.

JUST HOW MANY SPECIES DO NON-SELECTIVE FISHERIES HARM? Join us LIVE 24 Sep 9am (EST) with @reversethered.bsky.social as we explore how non-selective fishing practices represent a critical threat to marine #biodiversity. Register www.reversethered.org/events/just-... 📸S. Foster / Project Seahorse

UNEP regularly publishes the latest science and reports touching on different environmental matters to help decisionmakers advance solutions to the triple planetary crisis. See: unep.org/publications...

PRESS RELEASE | 124 Important Shark and Ray Areas Identified Across the European Atlantic Available here: sharkrayareas.org/124-importan... © Lars von Ritter Zahony | Ocean Image Bank @SharkRayFund @_BMUKN @rewild @BonnConvention #shark #ray #chimaera #ISRA #conservation #marine

What the WTO’s deal to curb fisheries subsidies means and what it could achieve

Key oceans treaty crosses critical threshold to come into force Sixty states have ratified a global treaty to protect the oceans - it will become law in January. bbc.com/news/article...

The Agreement on #Fisheries #Subsidies prohibits harmful subsidies relating to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) #fishing, the fishing of overfished stocks, and fishing on the unregulated high seas; a key priority for Pacific Island countries. www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/don...

Happy World Manta Day from the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group! There are three species of mantas around the world! The largest one, the Oceanic Manta Ray, can reach a huge 700 cm disc width and it is known for its elegance and intelligence. © IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group and Eloisa Pinheiro

Wednesday 17 September is #WorldMantaDay! Two manta species are listed under CMS. 📜 Manta rays face multiple threats, with overfishing & trade among the major pressures. 🌊 Learn more in the CMS factsheet on Human Impacts on Sharks and Rays (available in EN, SP & FR): www.cms.int/en/publicati...

The Society for Conservation Biology - Marine Global Program is excited to announce that #IMCC8 will take place in #Edinburgh, Scotland from November 13-17, 2026! Join us to help Make Marine Science Matter! #marinescience #conservation #conference

The world is your oyster! Though getting oyster seed from around the world may not be a good thing - due to a newly discovered virus, found in farmed #oysters in B.C., - though not in healthy wild populations. oceans.ubc.ca/news-and-eve... @virosphere.bsky.social @eoas.ubc.ca #oceanidioms

A 2013 marine heat wave known as “the Blob,” combined with the mass die-off of sea stars, caused a 95% loss of Northern California’s kelp forests. There’s been little recovery since. Restoration of kelp forests is very difficult and requires far more resources than are currently being committed.

This week on Mongabay’s podcast, environmental lawyer Angelique Pouponneau, a Seychelles native and lead negotiator for AOSIS, explains the recent advisory opinion from the ICJ on states’ obligations regarding climate change , their legal implications, and how they matter for small island nations.

This is still a great resource if you're trying to do a crash course on deep-sea mining www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCA...

Cumulative impacts to global marine ecosystems projected to more than double by midcentury www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Apply for a Grant — The State of the World's Sea Turtles | SWOT www.seaturtlestatus.org/apply-for-a-...

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/m...